tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10910749.post112363420478308489..comments2023-03-25T04:24:10.585-07:00Comments on Richard Kirk on Ethics: Musing With A Hammer: EBONICS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACKRKirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15893241965610205006noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10910749.post-1123788638114846132005-08-11T12:30:00.000-07:002005-08-11T12:30:00.000-07:00I think Ebonics may be looked upon as a valid Amer...I think Ebonics may be looked upon as a valid American vernacular, almost tantamount to the flattened "A" of Wisconsin, the "y'all" of the South, the "you'ins" of Central Pennsylvania, and the omitted "to be" of many parts of the Middle West, where the grass "needs mowed." It's enlightening to know that, "He be a soldier," is Ebonics for the standard American English imperfect tense, "He used toDr. Luke Van Tesselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07156907365960320765noreply@blogger.com